You have nice detail on the head and neck, Uma, and the background is clean and diffused.
In your last upload titled "Couple", one of the lions was facing you and the other wasn't, and that's why it worked.
Here you have the young giraffe facing away from you and just a part of the parent in the foreground. If you had used portrait format, you could probably have included the parent's face inside your frame, and the fact that the baby is looking away wouldn't matter so much.
I remember the last time I was photographing a baby giraffe and my arms really ached waiting for it to look around. Eventually it did. What I am saying is, it often takes a lot of patience to get that wow factor in your shot.
Alternatively, as Paul says, you could just include the baby in the shot. Having just part of the parent in the frame isn't a good idea because it just serves as a distraction from your subject, which is the baby.
Pamela.

You have nice detail on the head and neck, Uma, and the background is clean and diffused.
In your last upload titled "Couple", one of the lions was facing you and the other wasn't, and that's why it worked.
Here you have the young giraffe facing away from you and just a part of the parent in the foreground. If you had used portrait format, you could probably have included the parent's face inside your frame, and the fact that the baby is looking away wouldn't matter so much.
I remember the last time I was photographing a baby giraffe and my arms really ached waiting for it to look around. Eventually it did. What I am saying is, it often takes a lot of patience to get that wow factor in your shot.
Alternatively, as Paul says, you could just include the baby in the shot. Having just part of the parent in the frame isn't a good idea because it just serves as a distraction from your subject, which is the baby.
Pamela.

thanks for the constructive comments. I thought I have taken this image with a different perspective highlighting the characteristic of that amimal i.e its neck. I have other images which i will post shortly. Pl keep educating me , i am an hobbyist, and self taught.

thanks for the constructive comments. I thought I have taken this image with a different perspective highlighting the characteristic of that amimal i.e its neck. I have other images which i will post shortly. Pl keep educating me , i am an hobbyist, and self taught.